willhub
Guru
Just having a think.
I enjoy munching on lots of miles, but I also know it's detrimental to speed.
Next year, I basically want to train to get much faster, same as every year, I aim to do more road racing (providing I can afford it with a job and can get to them).
I also want to be able to improve my time trial times too.
Is it ok to use the winter months to just munch up lots of miles? 300-400 miles weeks? Sort of long rides, long and steady, some may have hard bits in, some may have cafe stops in.
Or should I just keep on as normal, doing hard tempo sort of rides around 50-60 miles, and short intervals (~5 ~10 and ~20+ minutes) ?
Whatever the answer I do intend on doing a few long rides, sort of 100-150 on a Sat/Sun depending on the club runs, but only now and again and not all the time like I'd like to.
I enjoy munching on lots of miles, but I also know it's detrimental to speed.
Next year, I basically want to train to get much faster, same as every year, I aim to do more road racing (providing I can afford it with a job and can get to them).
I also want to be able to improve my time trial times too.
Is it ok to use the winter months to just munch up lots of miles? 300-400 miles weeks? Sort of long rides, long and steady, some may have hard bits in, some may have cafe stops in.
Or should I just keep on as normal, doing hard tempo sort of rides around 50-60 miles, and short intervals (~5 ~10 and ~20+ minutes) ?
Whatever the answer I do intend on doing a few long rides, sort of 100-150 on a Sat/Sun depending on the club runs, but only now and again and not all the time like I'd like to.